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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 102
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A prayer of the afflicted—Zion shall be built up when the Lord appears in his glory—Though heaven and earth perish, the Lord who created them shall endure forever.
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<center><span class='small'>A PRAYER OF THE AFFLICTED, WHEN HE IS OVERWHELMED, AND POURETH OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE THE LORD.</span></center>
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Hear</span> my prayer, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and let my cry come unto thee.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 121: 1 (1-8).">Hide</a> not thy face from me in the day <i>when</i> I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day <i>when</i> I call answer me speedily.
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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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I am like a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB vulture, hawk.">pelican</a> of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; <i>and</i> they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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My days <i>are</i> like a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 29: 15; Ps. 144: 4.">shadow</a> that declineth; and I am withered like <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/102/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 6 (6-8).">grass</a>.
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But thou, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, shalt endure for <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Immortality.">ever</a>; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
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Thou shalt arise, <i>and</i> have <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 14: 1.">mercy</a> upon <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/102/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Zion.">Zion</a>: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
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So the heathen shall fear the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
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When the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall build up Zion, he shall <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Second Coming.">appear</a> in his glory.
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He will regard the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 36: 37.">prayer</a> of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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This shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Writing.">written</a> for the <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/102/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 48: 13.">generation</a> to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> behold the earth;
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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To declare the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
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I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years <i>are</i> throughout all generations.
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Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Creation.">earth</a>: and the heavens <i>are</i> the work of thy hands.
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They shall <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 34: 4; Isa. 51: 6; 2 Pet. 3: 10 (10-12).">perish</a>, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
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But thou <i>art</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Eternal Nature of.">same</a>, and thy years shall have no <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/102/27b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Eternity.">end</a>.
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The children of thy servants shall continue, and their <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/102/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 29: 14; D&C 132: 30; Moses 7: 52 (50-53).">seed</a> shall be established before thee.
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